Confessions of a Pistachio Nut Addict

Canada Free Press ^ | August 25, 2009 | P.J. Gladnick

[PJ-Comix]

I have a confession to make.

I was once an addict.

For three years of my life I was a pistachio nut junkie.

It started out innocently enough, it always does. Just a few pistachio nuts can’t hurt me, I told myself. How wrong I was. A few nuts led to a few more and then even more until I was irreversibly hooked.

I wasted my days away popping those little red devils in my room. My habit was insatiable. I had no scruples when it came to filling my habit. I even stooped to lying to my own family. I would borrow money from my mother telling her it was for booze and cigarettes and then I would run out to buy a bag of pistachio nuts instead.

[BJClinton]

I guess I shouldn’t recommend pistachio liqueur martinis then.

[Springman]

PJ, step away from the bag, and sent it to me, love them!!!

[PJ-Comix]

I read somewhere that only North Americans like peanut butter. I guess its an acquired taste that has to be developed at a young age.

[Charles Henrickson]

I must confess, I too suffer from PNDS (Pistachio Nut Dependency Syndrome). I go on these binges, see, consuming whole bags of pistachios in single sittings. It's pathetic, really. Salted cashews would suffice, but I'm not sure they'd be any cheaper.

I'm thinking of asking my doc for a PistachiPatch® prescription.

[PJ-Comix]

Have you ever pastored to somebody needing counseling for this addiction?

[marine86297]

I too, am a sunflower seed addict. I am a baseball & fastpitch softball coach. My spring and summer diet is nothing but sunflower seeds and Gatorade. I LOVE plain and Pickle flavor.

When the salt destroys my cheek and gums I'll take a break and chew Double Bubble bubble gum. I go through at least a bag a game.(gum and/or seeds)

[Boogieman]

You have the sympathy of a recovering macadamaholic.

[marron]

I’m with you brother.

I limit my intake only by leaving them in the car; I eat them as I drive.

Of course, the entire car is littered with shells.

[GoldMan]

I once ate 3 pounds of Pistachios in one sitting.
Haven’t had one since.

[Charles Henrickson]

Have you ever pastored to somebody needing counseling for this addiction?

I think you should ask a Hardshell Baptist.

[donna]

Macadamia Nuts!

[Yorlik803]

I, Myself have this problem. Turkish Pistachios are the best. Zenobia brand was my gateway. Now they are hard to find and I have to settle for sub-standard California ones.

[PJ-Comix]

UNBELIEVABLE! The Pittster just confirmed me as a FaceBook friend. I added him but it needed his confirmation which, much to my shock, he did.

I can even post stories to his Wall. Hee! Hee!

Wonder if I should post this pistachio story to the Pittsters wall so he can see how writing should be done instead of the long-winded crap.

[fanfan]

I limit my intake only by leaving them in the car; I eat them as I drive.

You are misusing the shells. They are flak to make tailgaters back off. ;-)

[tacticalogic]

I must also confess to being among the afflicted. I tend to alternate between pistachios and cashews. Spent last Saturday night sitting on the couch with Mrs. Tac, munching on a big bowl of sliced apples, swiss cheese, cashews, and summer sausage, watching the Cup race at Bristol.

[Springman]

I have a coffee can to put the shells in, Mrs. Springman hates sitting on the shells.

[exDemMom]

I read somewhere that only North Americans like peanut butter. I guess its an acquired taste that has to be developed at a young age.

I used to have a Russian student who theorized that Americans' love of peanuts must be some sort of conspiracy, because they were so vile and no one could genuinely like them.

I just tried boiled peanuts last year. Mmm, mmm!